The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-06-11
A BRAIN TUM0R,
CAUSED BY AN EMBEDDED BULLET.


tion-Henry Pickens, Injured in the War,
Miraculously Cured.
New York special to The Cincinnati
Enquirer: Several weeks ago the
sharp clang of the ambulance signal
rang out in Bellevue Hospital, and
away went the relief wagon at full
speed. II was not an unusual occur
renee, but an unusual surgical case
followed its return. AT Broadway and
Fourth street well dressed man was
found lying unconscious on the side
walk. He was middle-aged, with gray
hair and beard. From the crowd which
gather around the PROSTATE man it was
learned that he was walking slowly up
the street leaning heavily on n cane.
just before he got to The corner he
was seen to stagger against the win
dow. Then he seemed to recover his
balance by power of will, but after
taking a few steps he stopped sudden
ly, raised his hand to his head and fell
BLOOD ooZED FROM A WOUND
In the forehead where he struck. He
was breathing heavily. The ambu-
lance surgeon who leaned over him
close to his face could not detect any
odor of alcohol. He was picked up
carefully and hurridly driven to the
hospital. There was nothing in his
clothes to lead to his Identification.
The word unknown, that is so often
written on the records of the hospital,
was entered in the book at the end of
brief description of his appearance.
From what could be gathered about
the case it was thought that the man
was suffering from stroke of paraly-
Sis The left side seemed to be the
most affected, though the entire body
showed the distinguishing marks of
the disease. The patient was kept
quiet for several hours awaiting pos
sible abatement of the shock. Then as
there were no signs of Improvement
the patient was given strong electric
bath. 1t was kept up for about an
hour, and was followed by vigorous
rubbing, sharp skin irritations, cold APP
plications to the head aud warm ones
to the feet. There was an improve
ment in the patients condition, but it
was only temporary. There was no
lucid interval. Whatever there was of
virtue in medicine was tried. When
nothing more could be done than TO
revive the patient he was put into q
cot and left in quietness to await the
dread messenger, which was thought
close at hand While putting band
age on the patients head DR.. Parker,
who makes II spec atty of the brain and
lis injuries, noticed an old scar on the
left side OF the head. Upon putting 4
light pressure on the skull at this point
the bone was found to be indented and
to be formed OF an elastic cartilagenous
substance. What could have been the
cause Of this condition? In DR.. Par
ker's opinion there had been
AN INJURY TO THE BONE.
Probably fracture, and relief had
been given by trephining. This threw
new light on the case. 1t awakened a
strong probability that The brain had
been injured by blow and that the
unconscious condition was the result
of the gradual development of an
obstruction to the normal action of the
brain. What the obstruction was could
only be matter of conjecture. There
was no history of the injury that could
be obtained Their from the patient
himself or his friends, as they were UNI
known. 1t was evident from the
peculiar formation of the indentation
that there had been a serious lacera-
ton of the brain substance.
DIR. Terrier has demonstrated by ex-
pertinent upon living animals that the
brain consists of motor areas, and that
by applying a galvanic current to n
particular portion of the brain it would
always be followed by certain move
ments in the same muscles. DIR. Park
err was with DIR. Ferrier for n long
time in France and became deeply in
terested in the subject of the motor
areas in the brain as indicating a
method of relief in injuries TO the brain.
He has been deep student, and both
on animals and human beings he has
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